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Which Shakespearean character has the most lines with 1422?

Question #53264. Asked by peasypod.
Last updated Sep 15 2021.

wroot
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Response last updated by gtho4 on Sep 09 2016.
Dec 19 2004, 7:13 PM
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MaggieG
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And I agree and so does this site.
link http://www.shaksper.net/archives/1997/0030.html

However could you be looking for an answer like Falstaff who appears in three plays and has 593 in one and 585 in another, to say nothing of the third?

My Guinness book says that Hamlet actually has 1569 lines.



Response last updated by gtho4 on Sep 09 2016.
Dec 19 2004, 7:20 PM
Buck540
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Buck540

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It is most definitely Hamlet for a single play, however, Falstaff also appears in "The Merry Wives of Windsor".
A LIST of the 20 longest Shakespearean roles was published in 1980, in The Book of Lists 2, edited by David Wallechinsky, Irving Wallace, Amy Wallace and Sylvia Wallace. The top ten roles are:

1 Hamlet, 1,422 lines ( Hamlet );
2 Falstaff, 1,178 ( Henry IV, parts one and two);
3 Richard III, 1,124 ( Richard III );
4 Iago, 1,097 ( Othello );
5 Henry V, 1,025 ( Henry V );
6 Othello, 860 ( Othello );
7 Vincentio, 820 ( Measure for Measure );
8 Coriolanus, 809 ( Coriolanus );
9 Timon, 795 ( Timon of Athens );
10 Antony, 766 ( Antony and Cleopatra ).

However, Falstaff would top the list (with 1,614 lines) if his 436 lines in The Merry Wives of Windsor are included. Now, if we permit this, then it seems to me that Henry V must be allowed his lines from Henry IV, as Prince Henry. He would have (by my count) a further 117 lines, giving him a total of 1,142 lines and third place.
link https://www.theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-2024,00.html


Response last updated by gtho4 on Sep 15 2021.
Dec 20 2004, 9:10 AM
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